Information revolutions : how information and communication management is changing the lives of rural people

Documentation of best practices on how certain individuals or organizations are changing the way communication works, how they are making a difference to the lives and livelihoods of rural people. About 40 organizations - government, non-government or academic - in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific are described. The examples described are focussing on local or national initiatives that are doing good communication work despite all the constraints they face. A second criterion for inclusion was a track record, to focus on approaches that have been found to work. A third criterion was sustainability.
The book has nine sections, each with up to six stories about particular institutions or sets of institutions. There are sections on radio and television, newspapers and newsletters, literacy and local languages, computers and telecommunications, farmers' groups and markets, farmers' knowledge, research and extension links, research networks, and libraries.